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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth I
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, her hair elaborately styled and adorned with a tiara, after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery, '1 DOLLAR' along the upper field, and 'COOK ISLANDS' along the right periphery, all in raised Latin capitals. The date '2009' appears in the lower exergue. The entire obverse bears a gold-plated finish. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR COOK ISLANDS 2009 |
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Cook Islands has issued commemorative dollars under royal warrant since the early 1970s, leveraging its status as a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand to produce coins primarily aimed at the collector market rather than circulation. The gold-plated copper-nickel construction places this firmly in that category — a format driven by licensing economics, not monetary need.
Elizabeth I died in 1603 without naming a successor until her final hours, ending the Tudor dynasty outright.